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The Institute for Communication Technologies, Faculty of Communication
Sciences at the UniversitÃ della Svizzera italiana (USI, University of
Lugano) has issued a call for a post-doc position in Web data collection
from heterogeneous structured and semi-structured sources, where both
data access norms and knowledge are represented by means of Semantic Web
Languages. The post-doc will work under the scientific supervision of
Dr. Nicoletta Fornara (http://www.people.lu.unisi.ch/fornaran/).
The position is funded by the project "Automatic Web data collection
from non-reactive sources by means of normative systems and Semantic
Web Technologies" that combines three fields of research: non-reactive
web-based data collection; automatic extraction and representation
of knowledge from structured, semistructured, and unstructured data
available on the Web; norm aware software agents. The position will
complement Nicoletta Fornaraâ€™s research which deals with the
development of open interaction systems regulated by norms formalized
using Semantic Web Languages, in particular OWL-RDF. The project has
two main goals: develop models to formally express guidelines and
norms for Web data collection and develop new techniques for automatic
data extraction from the Web which rely on Semantic Web Technologies
and are constrained by guidelines and norms.
We are looking for an outstanding post-doc researcher. The applicant
must have obtained a Ph.D. in Information Science or related areas,
or must have defended the Ph.D. thesis before 31st December 2012.
A strong interest in scientific computing is essential, as are good
communication skills. Relevant research experience may include: the
use of Semantic Web Technologies (e.g. OWL, RDF, SPARQL, OWL-API, JENA),
experience in writing software for crawling and wrapping structured
and semi-structured data from the Web, and experience in the
development of software agents.
The position is funded for two years by the Swiss State Secretariat
for Education and Research (SER). The appointee will be an active
member of the Institute for Communication Technologies, and will have
the possibility to interact with a wide international network of
collaborators. The research activities will be carried out at
UniversitÃ della Svizzera Italiana (USI) located in Lugano, Switzerland.
We guarantee that the selection process will give equal opportunities
to female and male researchers.
-= How to apply =-
Please send your application, including detailed CV and list of
publications, a list of at most three references and their email
addresses, copies of diplomas, and a letter of presentation and
motivation via email to Dr. Nicoletta Fornara (nicoletta.fornara@usi.ch)
with subject â€œPost-doc SER-WEBDATANETâ€